A Contrived World Visual Arts “(T)he talent has fully realised

“(T)he talent has fully realised itself

with neither sentiment nor intelligence

and went on to pursue a doctorate in English at Brown University

and researches the cultural history of Russia and the Czech Republic

seems in a state of permanent metamorphosis

A Contrived World Visual Arts “(T)he talent has fully realisedSet in San Francisco, A Contrived World recounts the authors visit to the mythic Californian city. While the novel is based in this real experi ence, the narrators imaginative reflections cause the narrative to balloon outward into the realms of fiction and fantasy. Each chance encounter provides an opportunity to unfurl a fictional world that simultaneously complements and compromises the real world. In this mirthful anti novel, the ambiguous fusion